Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-16
News Notes.

NEWS NOteSs
Several fine brass cannon arrived yes.
terday for army headquarters.
All street cars are new required to
stop before crossing steam railroad.
B. C. Ferris. who assaulted Fred Mi
namen some time since. was held to an.
swer yesterday in $3.50 by Justice
Austin.
DR.. Kurtz reports that Miss Win
stanley, who was hurt in the late acci.
dent on the San GABRIEL Valley road, is
Improving.
Carrie Clauson, who lives on San Pc.
aro street. lost her little self at the flower
festival last night and was taken to the
police station.
A. Brook, q saloon.keeper, was arrest.
ed last night on charge Of assault, for
putting F. P. Spear, who was drunk,
0at of his saloon.
81 On the inside of the HERALD this
morning will be found the report of the
Court of Inquiry into Major Russells 3
conduct of the Eagle Corps funds.
The Building Committee on the new
City Hall met yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Frankenfield in the chair. No business
wss,ransacted and it adjourned for one
week.
Seven citizens Of Los Angeles who
own land on the north side of Antelope
valley, will leave to-day for Rosamond
and from there take teams and 60 out to
view their landed possessions.
Martin Lehman, who is endeavoring
to secure subscriptions sufficient to in
duce the great National Opera Com
pany to come here is succeeding very
we'll, and has about one.third of the
necessary amount subscribed.
The fourth social of Royal Oak Lodge,
No. 22O. Sons of St. George, was given
last night at Good Templars' Hall. The
programme, consisting of music and
readings, was very entertaining and was
followed by refreshments and dancing.
Judge O'Melveny yesterday said,
when endeavoring to select jury, thai
is is binding duty for citizen to serve
On the jury. He hoped he would not
have to discharge the best men from the
panel and take the worst, as is usually
the case in the courts, simply because
the best men will not serve.
Mr.. Bliss gives the rainfall for the
late storm at l.64 inches; Mr.. Ducom
mum at LAO. This is very good raiI
for the farmers and insures fine crop o
grain, but wheat yesterday took a jump
and j. j. Mellus sold 1900 tons of tina
staple, which he had at San Diego. Thi
shows the confidence of this long HEADED
grain dealer in the coming crop.
One of the men working for C. w
Francis, the contractor to grade the
New High street property of Mr.. P
Beaudry, met with distressing acciden
yesterday. He was helping to erect 8
chute on the side of the hill, when &
great mass of the surface ground toppled
ever, fell upon him and when he wal
extricated il was found that one of hi
legs had been broken. He was taken te
the county hospital.
Mr.. II. M. Alexander, prominent
merchant of New York, came to Califor
mia few days ago to be present at the
nuptials oil his son and Miss Hattie
Croker. This gentlema an. and his fam
lily, came on a short trip to Los Angeles
in his private car, and Thursday nigh
was seized with severe hemorrhage O.
the nose, and the bleeding became sc
copious that DIR. Kurtz was sent for
The discharpe continued until noon yes
terday, when DR.. Kurtz succeeded in
checking it. Mr.. Alexander and family
will leave for San Francisco to-day.